Historians now believe that the centrality of religious life in Sumer
A) may be illusory because most surviving documents come from temple archives.
B) is proven by the centrality of religion and faith in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
C) is supported by the extensive archives of royal documents.
D) was much greater than they had originally suspected.
E) was based primarily on the king's claims to be a god on earth..
Answer: A
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